The Velvet Alley

16th episode of the 3rd season of Playhouse 90
"The Velvet Alley"
Playhouse 90 episode
Katharine Bard and Art Carney in The Velvet Alley
Episode no.Season 3
Episode 16
Directed byFranklin Schaffner
Written byRod Serling
Original air dateJanuary 22, 1959 (1959-01-22)
Guest appearances
  • Art Carney as Ernie Pandish
  • Leslie Nielsen as Eddie Kirkley
  • Jack Klugman as Max Salter
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"The Velvet Alley" was an American television play broadcast on January 22, 1959 as part of the CBS television series, Playhouse 90. Rod Serling was the writer and Franklin Schaffner the director. The cast included Art Carney and Leslie Nielsen.

Plot

A freelance writer in New York sells a script to Playhouse 90 and moves to Los Angeles. He becomes a success financially but neglects his wife and ends up being divorced and losing the respect of his father.

Cast

The cast included the following:[1][2]

Barry Sullivan hosted the broadcast.

Production

The program aired on January 1, 1959, on the CBS television series Playhouse 90. Rod Serling wrote the teleplay. Franklin Schaffner was the director and Herbert Brodkin the producer.[1][2]

Reception

Jack Gould of The New York Times wrote that it lacked the searching insight of some of Serling's works, "but it was still a ninety-minute play of fairly consistent interest and the uncompromising final curtain carried its own power."[3] Gould also praised Jack Klugman for an "exceptionally good" performance as the writer's agent.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Playhouse 90: The Velvet Alley". The Paley Center for Media. Retrieved October 19, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Playhouse 90, Season 3". The Classic TV Archive. Retrieved October 19, 2020.
  3. ^ a b Jack Gould (January 23, 1959). "The Velvet Alley': 'Playhouse 90' Presents Rod Serling Play Based on Hollywood Theme". The New York Times. p. 51.
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